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Large Scale Facilities for Europe I am honoured by your generosity! Many congratulations on your 60 th anniversary 2 2
Splendid Poland 3 3
Friends at the HNI 4 4
A Question? Who has been to Pilchow? Who has been to Stalowa Wola? 5 5
And where is Lund? 6 6
Large Scale Facilities then and now Ales stenar 600 AD 7 7
The island of Ven The Spirit of Hven - Denmark & Sweden 1658 8 8
Tycho Brahe a bloody-minded guy 9 9 The greatest observational astronomer who ever lived
Things happened to Tycho Brahe He had a pet elk He had a dwarf called Jepp He lost his nose in a duel Tycho Brahe died in Prague 1601 Did he inspire Hamlet? Did he have an affair with the Queen of Denmark? Was he murdered? Was it a bladder infection? The elk came to an untimely end, getting drunk & falling down stairs in Landskrona 10 10
Famous Polish Scientists Marie Skłodowska-Curie Nikolai Copernicus 11 11
Skåne Innovation and Tradition Western Harbour Malmö The University Town of Lund The Biomedical Centre Lund HNI, Krakow, 17th December 2015 12 12
What will there be in Lund? Side-by-side, there will be : The world s most intense neutron source ESS 1.8 B The world s brightest synchrotron light source MAX IV 0.68 B & Science Village Scandinavia all on a Green-Field site 13 13
The site in Lund, ca. 2012 ESS neutrons Science Village researcher support MAX IV x-rays 14 14
ESS - the most intense neutron source in the world Poland partners 15 15
Neutrons are beautiful! Cliff Shull They tell you where atoms are and what atoms do Bert Brockhouse 16 16
First Time-of-flight Neutron Diffraction A New Method for Neutron Diffraction Crystal Structure Investigations B. Buras, J. Leciejewicz Bronislaw Buras The Maria research reactor 17 17
MAX IV will be the brightest light source in the world 18 18
Solaris in Krakow - A brother to MAX IV 19 19 19
The view from the Astronomy Tower Looking towards the green field where AX IV, SVS & ESS are being built 20 20
SVS - A Home for Innovation 18 hectares of development between MAX IV & ESS 21 21
The Main purposes of Science Village Scandinavia (i) A resource for MAX IV & ESS Researcher reception, Accommodation, Meetings, Restaurants Economies from joint ventures training, procurement, finance, legal Transfer capital spend to operational spend (ii)a location for partner countries, universities and industrial interests A welcome portal for Swiss, Spanish etc. users Visibility for Swedish & European universities Ancillary scientific facilities for researchers Access for industry to innovations and qualified people (iii) Leverage for Sweden AB, Region Skåne, Lunds Kommun Visibility & appreciation of Swedish research policy by other countries (iv) A Centre for public appreciation of science Give something valuable back to the taxpayer Satisfy the curious Encourage the next generation of scientists, engineers & technicians 22 22
LINXS The Partnership for Structural Biology Institute for Neutron and X-ray Science Advanced Neutron and X-ray Technologies More than simply neutrons 23 23
An idea of scale 24 24
A group of students from Poland suddenly turned up 25 25
Thank You for listening! 26 26